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Title Proper/Title Text
Ingresso dal Corso Raffaello (Pedrini)

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.

Dimensions Description
14 x 9 cm.

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Entrance from Corso Raffaello - Monument to Prince Amedeo

Descriptive Note Text

This colorized postcard displays an impressive high-angle view of the Corso Raffaello's entrance to the Exposition.  The Entrance's structure, with its columns and covered porticoes, elegantly wraps around Davide Calandra's equestrian monument to Prince Amedeo, which was inaugurated in 1902, on the occasion of the First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin. The entrance structure was built by Beniamino Quadri and Giovanni Colombo construction company.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-EFCR-0005